NATURA D710 REVIEW
Receives “Gold Award” by Guitar World magazine (Apr-2009, USA)

WALDEN D710 REVIEW 

  

Walden's guitars remind players what acoustic instruments are supposed to deliver: living tone. At the same time, the Chinese-built Walden D710 proves that properly managed overseas manufacturing can produce a superior instrument at roughly half the price of a similar American-born guitar. The D710 is part of Walden's Natura Series, which emphasizes simple aesthetics and gorgeous sound through the use of intelligent design and select woods. There are no frills or fancies on the D710, but its sound is nothing short of spectacular.

         Walden在提醒吉他玩家民謠吉他該傳達出生動的音色的同時-大陸製造的Walden D710證明-適當的跨國製造經營能以ㄧ半的價格製造出同級美國產吉他一樣優越的品質與音色。

         D710 Walden Natura系列的一員 Natura系列以透過卓越的設計與嚴選木料來突顯出優良的音色與簡單美學,D710身上你找不到花俏與不必要的裝飾,但在音色上的表現卻無一匱乏。

 

FEATURES
"Elegant" and "subdued" are apt descriptions of Walden's Natura D710. Indian rosewood sides create the D710s modest dreadnought shape, and the same black-swirled exotic wood covers the guitar's back. The soundboard is solid Engelmann spruce, which is known for its powerful projection and warm overtones. Tall scalloped braces in an X pattern form the D710's inner framework, serving to efficiently focus this guitar's output and quell stray resonance. Walden's own uniquely curved rosewood bridge design helps to spread the strings' energy like waves across the soundboard, and a subdued abalone rosette surrounds the sound hole.

 

          典雅與節制可說是D710的貼切描述,印度玫瑰木型塑出恰當大小的dreadnough身,面板使用實心的Engelmann spruce黃雲杉面板(黃雲杉以音色特性以有力溫暖聞名)D710內部結購的高扇狀X型音樑讓吉他音色有效率的集中輸出並消除不必要的偏離共鳴,Walden獨有的曲面玫瑰木琴橋設計讓琴弦能量的散播如波浪般的傳過面板,並有鑲貝飾紋環繞音孔。

Electric guitarists accustomed to moderately thin C-shaped necks are going to love the D710's silky-fast-mahogany neck. Gracefully thin plastic binding dresses the rosewood fingerboard, and the fretwork is flawless, allowing low action with no issues. Other tastefully incorporated appointments include tortoise shell keys on gold tuners, an inlaid mother-of-pearl Walden logo and rosewood headstock fascia.

           習慣薄C型琴頸的電吉他手們將會愛上D710的絲絨般光滑可快速移動的低弦距桃花心木琴頸,玫瑰木指板滾上雅致的塑膠飾邊,完美的琴衍作工讓弦距既低又好彈,其他極具品味的配件包含玳瑁弦鈕、鑲貝Walden logo與玫瑰木琴頭。

PERFORMANCE
Most steel-string acoustics create a lot of noise with each note, because their bodies are not specifically designed to process the acoustic pressure and dynamics from their accompanying soundboards. The Walden's body and soundboard work harmoniously, producing exceptionally pure notes. I was impressed by the first sound I heard through the D710 and continued to be inspired by every cleanly defined nuance and bell-like ring of sustain. Few affordable acoustic guitars can create this kind of warmth and note separation.

      大部份的鋼弦民謠吉他每個音都伴隨著大量的雜音,因為其桶身未針對由面板傳來的音壓與力度變化方面做特別設計,Walden吉他的琴身與面板和諧的工作,製造出異乎尋常的純淨音色。我對於初次聽到D710的第一個音色感到印象深刻,並持續被每一個能清楚分辨的音色細微差異與鈴響般的延音所感動,很少低價位的吉他能創造出這樣溫暖又顆粒清晰的效果。

THE BOTTOM LINE
Walden's Natura Series D710 has a thin and fast neck on par with an electric guitar, its action is low and fast, and it exudes a wonderfully conservative beauty. The Walden D710 sets the standard for bargain acoustics and embarrasses many guitars at three times the price.

D710擁有與電吉他一樣薄與好彈的低弦距琴頸,整把琴散發出傳統美人般的優質魅力。

 

Walden D710為低價位吉他設立了標準,並使大多數三倍價位的吉他蒙羞。

 

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